<p>Almonds (7cal per), pecans (13 cal per), walnuts (13 cal per)
Dannon Carb control yogurts (45-50 cal/4 oz, 3 grams of carb)</p>
<p>Re: snacks
I don’t worry that much about carbs from fruit - so I might have half a banana with a dab of peanut butter. Plain nonfat yogurt with some fresh fruit is good too. It doesn’t have much flavor, but queso fresco has a lot fewer calories than most cheeses.</p>
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<p>Slightly less than 1/2 cup of unshelled pistachio nuts.
Sunflower seeds (really inexpensive).
Broccoli (way less than 150 calories).
If you want meat, three Trader Joes Turkey Meatballs.</p>
<p>DougBetsy, I saw individual servings of peanut butter at the supermarket the other day - could you bring one of those with an apple or celery and take a 10 minute break at work to create your snack?</p>
<p>My daughter is a vegetarian and totally addicted to sugar which I’m working hard on breaking. I try to keep a lot of fresh fruit in the house and also leave bowls of berries and cubed melon on the counter - all separate so she can eat them alone or together. I find it’s worked pretty well, I just need to shop for fresh fruit much more often than in the past, but the junk candy snacks are staying in the house much longer. </p>
<p>I too must admit that I’ve not looked at the other thread because it’s too deep but decided it’s time to look at this one. I joined WW two weeks ago and find their new PointsPlus much more livable than their regular points program from before. I do wish I could lose weight more quickly than just one pound (at best) a week but I’m small (under 5’) and lazy so I just keep reminding myself that one pound down is better than one pound up!</p>
<p>It’s really sad for me because I’m an exercise physiologist but have gotten so overweight and out of shape I hate exercising now! I used to have a walking buddy and that was great but her husband relocated and I haven’t been able to find anyone else to replace her, so I sit. I used to train the “rich and famous” and now I worry I’ll run into someone on the street and they’ll actually recognize me even in my current state! I’m going to succeed and lose this weight, no food is worth not losing weight!!!</p>
<p>DB-I’m not a fan of bars either, but in a pinch, Lara bars are gluten-free. I find them in the health food section.
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<p>DougBetsy–I enjoy the Greek yogurts. They have a lot more protein than the other types. Dannon and Chobani are my favorite brands.</p>
<p>I started Weight Watchers January 1 and have dropped 19.5 pounds. I am hoping to make more progress this summer because I am walking more.</p>
<p>Thanks for starting a new thread.</p>
<p>Do INSANITY! and follow their diet! It works!</p>
<p>Hummus with vegetable sticks is a satisfying snack. Hardboiled or deviled eggs are also good.</p>
<p>Inspired by this thread, I had a huge unsweetened iced tea this morning, and “only” 12 oz of Coke.</p>
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<p>Cut calories is the only answer for you. It’s really quite simple if you think about it in simple terms and don’t expect results instantly.</p>
<p>Consider: There are about 3500 calories in one pound of human body fat. So, assuming your weight is currently more or less stable*, if you can cut 400 calories per day from your current diet, in a year you will lose 42 pounds. That’s significant progress.</p>
<p>Now 400 calories is about one soda and one large cookie. Can you cut one soda and big cookie, or their equivalents, from your diet every day? If so you’ll look back after one year and be thrilled with the results.</p>
<p>*If you are currently gaining weight, you will have to cut little more than 400 per day to lose the 42 pounds per year, depending on how fast you are currently gaining weight.</p>
<p>The exercise perspective is also interesting. You burn about 120 calories (depending on weight and speed) for every mile you run. So you’d need to run about 30 miles to burn a pound of fat. What is easier? Eating 400 fewer calories for 9 days or running 30 miles?</p>
<p>Eating out can be problematic not only for calories & fat, but also sodium. I’ve been treated for hypertension for years & earlier this year was having trouble controlling my blood pressure with the meds I’d been taking. That prompted my change in eating habits to lose weight (I’d been eating low sodium at home anyway), but when you can find the sodium content of restaurant meals you’d be shocked at how much sodium is in most dishes. Maybe part of my weight loss is from also eating out less frequently; I controlled both the calories & sodium.</p>
<p>I’m on the weight loss train too. So far I’ve lost lost 26 pounds over the last nine months.
Most of it has come off in the last four months when I got really serious about changing what I eat. </p>
<p>No more bread w/ dinner, no more white rice, brown only, no more pasta. Gave up diet sodas for the most part, might drink one on weekends…just water and tea usually.<br>
Snacks are fruit/nuts/baby carrots. I like Dannon Light and Fit yogurt. Eat a lot of fish,chicken, not much red meat. I do still eat a slice (or two) of veggie thin crust pizza every couple of weeks when we go to our fav. pizza place.<br>
The most surprising thing is that I don’t find I really miss all the junk I used to eat too badly. Nobody loves ice cream more than I do but I’ve found that I can eat an 80 calorie half cup of frozen yogurt and be pretty happy.</p>
<p>I walk a lot. Can’t afford gym membership so I watched Biggest Loser (ok, totally addicted) and stole some of their workouts that I could do at home in the family room. floor. You’d be surprised with how much you can do with a large jug of laundry detergent!</p>
<p>I claim 100 calories burned for a mile running.</p>
<p>Hummus individual serving packs are great for an afternoon shack- with carrot sticks (or crackers…)</p>
<p>My current “go to” dessert treat is extremely low calorie and I like it because I can have a lot of volume. I’m not much on little pinches and dabs of things. It is sugar-free red jello (I make it myself as opposed to the little cups) with CoolWhip and maybe some blueberries or bananas. Really hits the spot. Also, the low calorie ice cream sandwhiches (I think about 140-170 calories or something) are great for a treat. </p>
<p>I don’t eat meat (just fish) so getting enough protein is somewhat of an issue.</p>
<p>We have a Weight Watchers at Work group that is awesome. I joined in 2008 before my daughter’s wedding to lose a few pounds and to support some of my staff and wound up losing 25 pounds and keeping it off. I’m pretty small and do run competitively, but that was a nice surprise for my late 50s!</p>
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<p>A good thing about nuts as a snack is that they have a fair amount of fiber. I do follow the other thread and one of the interesting things I have learned is that some research suggests that for at least some people, a diet high in fiber can contribute to weight loss. And following a low carb diet, getting a lot of fiber can be difficult.</p>
<p>Shrimp with cocktail sauce for lunch, instead of crackers and cheese. Trader Joe’s sells bags of frozen cooked shrimp that are great. I don’t buy the jumbo ones, I think the regular size is better. </p>
<p>One suggestion for protein: Ezekiel bread. It’s made from lentil flour and other things, and has a lot of protein and fiber. And it’s very good. I don’t know how it would fit in a low-carb plan, though. </p>
<p>What about oatmeal? I love to have it for breakfast, unsweetened, with nuts and fruit.</p>
<p>Trader Joes Low Calorie bread has the best fiber to calories and fiber to carb ratio that I’ve seen though I think that some of the fiber is added into it as a supplement. One slice is 40 calories and contains 5 grams of fiber.</p>
<p>Possibly helpful hints:</p>
<p>I have to eat small amounts often, that just works better for me, so I had to reorient my thinking. I do snack, but I also make my meals snack sized.</p>
<p>About 5 years ago I lost some weight that had crept on the prior few years and then went down another 10s category from my pre-creep weight :)</p>
<p>For me it works best to really obsess about what I eat, or more, what I don’t eat, for a few weeks, lose 5-7#, then relax a bit and get used to the new weight. Like resetting the bodies normal point. I have found that each time I moved to a new 10s category, i would try to own that range and whether I weigh 1X0 or 1X9, I don;t get down on myself. Since even 1x9 is less than I weighed 5-10-15 years ago, I remind myself how happy I was to reach that number when I was going down.</p>
<p>I also figure I have a normal weight and a range, I can go up or down 5# from that weight, depending on exercise, diet, life. Sometimes I am just really hungry, some times I am less hungry. I try to listen to my body and by accepting that range, I therefore don’t get upset and just give up on the whole thing when I am at the higher end of the range.</p>
<p>You read about yo yo dieters and how the body wants to go back to it’s set point, I think by accepting each small loss and then eating less obsessively and just living at that weight, I have successfully accomplished new set points along the way. My triumphant weight 5 years ago is now my maximum high weight.</p>
<p>Use myplate or some other website to log your food, at least a few times a year, to see what you are really eating. Make it a hobby and enter every bite, even the ones when tasting what you cook. I learned that like we did in the 70s, I lose best at 1200 or fewer calories, but can maintain anywhere between 1500-2200. It is AMAZING how little I can eat when I want to actually lose weight. YMMV</p>
<p>I log my weight on my calendar so I can go back and see trends.</p>
<p>For the past 5 years I have taken a key role in dog walking, 2-6 mile a day and it has become my sanity time. Often my DH and I do it together which is nice. Downloading free books from the local library onto my ipod also helps me keep exercising. I also find, as a desk sitter, that it seems like my metabolism stays higher if I try to stand up and walk somewhere, as many times per day as I can rather than melting into a fat lump on my desk chair.</p>
<p>Lighthouse Pear Gorgonzola dressing has very low fat & calories for salad dressing and tastes great, especially wonderful on a spinach salad</p>
<p>Happy to find this thread, can I join y’all? I’d like to lose at least 30 lbs. I started back at Weight Watchers a couple weeks ago - did it about 9 years ago, got lifetime, fell of wagon… you know how it goes. This time, I’m struggling with some thyroid issues, so I know it’s going to be a bit more of a challenge. Their new points plan seems a lot easier to follow than the old one though. I had been walking about an hour at least every other day, but ramped it up to 1:15 everyday this week despite the Louisiana heat and humidity. This week I also started eating more of my food earlier in the day and walking in the late afternoon rather than morning trying to keep my metabolism up throughout the day. I find that eating some string cheese and an apple before going for my long walk gives me energy to make it through. Looking forward to reading others’ tips and successes!</p>
<p>I too am a big hummus and veggies fan - very satisfying.</p>
<p>Another snack that works well for me is a portion of a very sharp cheese - especially the hard cheeses like Asiago, Parmesean, Romano, Dubliner or something like that. The strong taste is satisfying and I eat it in little nibbles and it is very satisfying. Watch your amount of course.</p>